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Butter Making Experiment Worksheet

Science experiments lesson 17: Butter from shaking cream · Set 86 · 40 questions
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What you do (Shake till it clumps): 1. Fill the jar only one-third full of fresh cream. 2. Screw the lid on tightly. 3. Shake hard, taking turns, for 10–15 minutes. 4. When lumps form, pour off the buttermilk and rinse the butter in cold water.

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  1. 1.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) melting ice (c) melting butter (d) rusting iron
  2. 2.🧺 Do we need a balloon for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  3. 3.🔮 Predict: the jar is filled right to the top with cream. What happens? (a) it turns pink (b) it is much faster (c) it makes salt (d) it takes much longer
  4. 4.🧈 Before the butter appears, what does the cream turn into? (a) ice (b) clear water (c) powder (d) thick whipped cream
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) baking a cake (b) freezing water (c) melting ice (d) folding paper
  6. 6.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the cream temperature”? (a) we measure it (b) we keep it the same (c) we change it
  7. 7.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a magnet (b) fresh cream (c) a balloon (d) a mirror
  8. 8.🔍 What do you see after shaking cream in a jar for a long time? (a) sugar crystals (b) bubbles of gas (c) lumps of butter (d) clear water only
  9. 9.🧺 Which of these is not needed for making butter? (a) turmeric powder (b) a bowl (c) a jar with a tight lid (d) cold water to rinse
  10. 10.True or false: yeast is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) turmeric powder (b) a jar with a tight lid (c) a bowl (d) a timer
  12. 12.🧺 Do we need a magnet for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  13. 13.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “time to make butter”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  14. 14.🧈 Can this change be undone: browning lemon ink? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  15. 15.🧺 Do we need a mirror for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  16. 16.🧺 Do we need yeast for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  17. 17.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: how hard we shake is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🧈 Which of these is a change that cannot be undone? (a) freezing water (b) baking a cake (c) dissolving salt (d) folding paper
  19. 19.🧈 What is the watery liquid left after the butter forms? (a) honey (b) buttermilk (c) oil (d) vinegar
  20. 20.🧈 Can this change be undone: freezing water? (a) cannot be undone (b) can be undone
  21. 21.🔮 Predict: you stop shaking after only one minute. What do you have? (a) cheese (b) still runny cream (c) butter lumps (d) ghee
  22. 22.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? What do we do with “the same jar”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
  23. 23.True or false: a timer is not needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: cold water to rinse is not needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: dissolving salt is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🧺 Do we need a timer for making butter? (a) not needed (b) needed
  27. 27.🛟 Why must the jar lid be screwed on tightly? (a) so it turns yellow (b) so cream does not spill (c) so air gets out (d) so it gets hot
  28. 28.🧺 Do we need fresh cream for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  29. 29.🧺 Which of these is needed for making butter? (a) a bowl (b) a battery cell (c) a balloon (d) yeast
  30. 30.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) melting butter (b) baking a cake (c) browning lemon ink (d) rusting iron
  31. 31.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? True or false: time to make butter is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is the one thing we change? (a) the amount of cream (b) the same jar (c) how hard we shake (d) the cream temperature
  33. 33.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) milk turning to curd (b) cooking an egg (c) freezing water (d) rusting iron
  34. 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for making butter. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a mirror (b) fresh cream (c) a timer (d) a bowl
  35. 35.⚖️ Fair test — does cold cream turn into butter faster than warm cream? Which of these is what we measure? (a) the same jar (b) how hard we shake (c) the amount of cream (d) time to make butter
  36. 36.🧺 Do we need a jar with a tight lid for making butter? (a) needed (b) not needed
  37. 37.🧈 Which of these is a change that can be undone? (a) cooking an egg (b) milk turning to curd (c) baking a cake (d) melting ice
  38. 38.True or false: a timer is needed for making butter. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: a magnet is needed for making butter. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: freezing water is a change that cannot be undone. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. rusting iron
  2. not needed
  3. it takes much longer
  4. thick whipped cream
  5. baking a cake
  6. we change it
  7. fresh cream
  8. lumps of butter
  9. turmeric powder
  10. False
  11. turmeric powder
  12. not needed
  13. we measure it
  14. cannot be undone
  15. not needed
  16. not needed
  17. False
  18. baking a cake
  19. buttermilk
  20. can be undone
  21. still runny cream
  22. we keep it the same
  23. False
  24. False
  25. False
  26. needed
  27. so cream does not spill
  28. needed
  29. a bowl
  30. melting butter
  31. False
  32. the cream temperature
  33. freezing water
  34. a mirror
  35. time to make butter
  36. needed
  37. melting ice
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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